If breeders could supply the stores, the stores would buy cheap snakes from breeders.
New morphs come in from africa EVERY year, and more than one or two. There's a lot of new morphs that would never be seen (unless you're a high priced importer who would get around the laws) if you outlawed imports.
I agree... ditching a pet is a BAD way to state it. There's several CH females in my collection that I've shown off that I wouldn't trade or sell at all. I try to prefer CBB but I'm not for wholesale outlawing imports either.
There's nothing wrong with starting out small. I bet NERD's first ever ball python was a wild caught.